BROOKLYN - A local artist is looking to honor the legacy of famous rapper Biggie Smalls with a memorial where the rap icon grew up.

Tanda Francis created a sculpture in the likeness of Smalls, whose real name was Christopher Wallace, after she noticed many tourists visiting the area who didn't have a place to pay their respects. Now Francis wants to place the sculpture in Putnam Triangle.

"I just looked at a lot of images and watched videos and documentaries," Francis said. "Studied what I could of Biggie."